BEN-Africa is an organisation focused on bringing together academics and industry practitioners together on matters of ethics, leadership, and sustainability across the Continent. This year’s conference theme was Corruption: Ubuntu and the opportunity for change. The conference brought diverse voices from different industries ranging from manufacturing, telecoms, higher education, mining, and financial services.
Ms. Alice Makochieng, a Lecturer in the Department of Management Practice made a presentation titled, Ethics, Corruption and Local Authorities: A threat to attracting potential investment in South Africa. The presentation examined the role of business in society and specifically the role of local authorities in South Africa as a key stakeholder in creating an enabling environment for business by providing services and infrastructure that is driven by ethical principles and zero-tolerance of corruption to attract the necessary investment. The paper highlighted the need for more collaboration with local authorities.
This year’s conference was sponsored by Absa Bank; and they chaired a panel with other financial industry players on managing risk, ethics, financial intelligence, compliance, and anti-corruption matters within South Africa’s banks and across the Continent, and in line with global best practice. The underpinning theme of the Conference is that business ethics is dynamic and evolving in an increasingly technological global environment.
